The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08

1sso-President Garfield. ......... 555.544
1SS2-Gov. Folger. 842, 6
Republican loss. 213, $50
1S80-President Hancock......... 534, 511
1SS2-Gov. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 535, 318
Democratic gain eo7
"That was q magnificent bolt! The next
cratic nomination for Secretary of State and
elected the Republican candidate, voting for
him directly. This is clearly shown by the
figures:
1883. Dem. Rep.
state Engineer. ....445,1ee 4ss,557
Comptroller ..........44 976 129, 757
Attorney General. ..443, 637 43O, 007
Secretary of State.....42 525 446, lO3
in this case also there was no question
fit for the positions; but the people did not
like the way in which his nomination was
brought about, and construed it as an insult
in 1852 20. 900 Republicans of Kansas
bolted an unpopular nomination for Cover
nor and elected the Democratic candidate,
evidently voting directly for him. The fig
ures show it.
1882. Rep. Dem. G.. B.
I IHHrTnHait Govern s,, is Si.5l7 $500
Here ALSO there was no possible question
as 10 the f tness of either candidate.
complished by any fusion, or division Of Of
fees, or compromises, or bargains; 1t was
boiling, plain and simple. The voters exer7;
cised the last privilege of a free elector, and
refused to vote for a disliked nomination.
Where the people keep to that mind no
ring can hold q machine, through 1t a party,
and through it q State or city. The notion
thai you must vote for q man because ne ls
the regular nomination is more than sfalsei
it is q sin against every patriots impulse and
a violate a OF the entire duty OF a voter. II
is the essence of representative government
that you shall choose to Office men whom you
know and can trust. 1t is the essence or ring
| rule that yon shall elect men whom you know
| and distruSt."
On this extraordinary article Of the Pic
the radical managers thus c~ommented:
best papers in the South, the defender OF the
rights of the people against fraudulent ana
dishonest ring government, should De heeded
by every patriotic citizen OF this. common
wealth, and the advice given therein should
be followed by sweeping from power the head
centre of the ring which now has complete
control of the political rights and destln1es
of our people, The city g3 0;i 4baendf Is e Ply
centre and head is s. D. McEnery, the Gov
ernor of this commonwealth, and II he ID re-
elected for four years more 1t Will take reno.
lutionary means to break up the ring. Hls
nomination was secured by the ring and the
expenditure of money: had the people beer
permitted a fair expression. and representa-
ton, ,McEnery never would have been noml'
mated. oo,+1o
man fully identified with the interest IN the
State, q gentleman of intelligence honesty
and integrity: a bolt from the ring nominee
and the election Of Capt. John A, Stevenson.
to the prosperity Of the whole people, anc
bring about peace and harmony between tht
races; besides, 1T will break asunder one OF
the greatest, best organized n most power
in any country. This ring is corrupt from
head to tail, and the people should in nc un
mistakable terms relegate its head iron
official power on the day OF election by voting
for honest John A. Stevenson,
Believing that your views aye in harmon!
with those expressed herein, ind those ex
pressed by the defender of y people
rights, the New Orleans P,tcaysne. q com
mittee of Conservative gentlemen have takel
the liberty to enclose to you herewith, a feV
tickets with the name of honest dohn A
Stevenson, substituted for Goyernof1n plac
OF ths r. lngn,aster ~ s. On u; .ad cry S frian r.
follow the example of the good people OF NeN
York, in the case of Judge folger, by yotlni
to break up ring government In Loulslana:
Printed in red ink on the bottom of thl
interesting document is the information tina
it incloses the Republican State ticket, an
pastors with the name OF Stevenson for dqE
ernor, to be pasted over the name OF M
might desire to defeat The candidate of the,
party for Governor while voting the rest c
the ticket. These circulars. tickets an
pastors, said to have been printed IN the 10
y office of the Pic, were circulated by the tel
of thousands throughout the State.
Such was the attitude of the organ of tn
reformers in the contest between the Tegt
lar Democratic candidate for Governor, 81
MeEnery. and his Republican op~poone1tsJoh
! A. Stevenson, i'll 1884. On Sunday =
! showed the record of that journal in tt
, Congressional eketien later in tine san
! year, when it made even the Presldentl
: election subordinate to, the defeat OF Il
: regular Democratic candidate for Congress
: and, in q day or two, We shall show that Il
] Ethiopian has not changed his skin nor IL
: leopard his spots, and that, even IN this CA
! vass the Pic has already given expression
I views similar to those it maintained In lSS,,
L And now, considering the relation OF Il
P5cayane 10 the reformers, conslderlng, til;
: it vas the supporter q zen. Nlea2las
bolted and Gen. Nichols was never heard
in the canvass; that in the COMPRESSION
: election following in the first district, sc
Niciiolls followed the lead t9f the PtGagup
> party and actively and aggressively oppose
: and sought to defeat ltts regular nomlne
3 3 and finally, considering that the Ptcag4nt
y now the organ Of the Nichols campaign al
e is so announced by the. reformers, '
I submit, that it is a question which Ge
i Nichols should be called upon to answ
before the Democracy OF Louisiana: wv
you openly n acuVely suppoI6 GoV. M;
0 Emery If he is nominated for Governor
a the State convention ?n The question is nc
Z as it was put to Gen. Nichols the other da
xviii you be an Independent candidate
you are defeated in the convention" &c
Nichols is q man Of honor, q soldier ard
n gentleman, and, of course, would not be
Q candidate If, having gone before the conve
! ton, he should be defeated. The real Qut
: ton is, as we put it above: Will you suppe
actively your successful opponent?
,, And there is another question We subu
q that the chief supporters OF Gen. ,Nicho
/ and Gen. Nichols himself should be, &C
sidering their relations with the Picdgata
e required to answer by the Democracy Of Il
p State: Gentlemen-Gov. Nichols. Messl
e White, Miller, Zacharie,, Don. Gallery, an
last but not least, old friend HollinI
Z worth, do you indorse the views OF
4 Picagune on boiling the nominees Of Den
39t cratic conventions, and the course OF &c
!, Nichols in following and acting on thu
D views in the Hunt bolt of 1854, and in !
l. ,;jnnoa ,.ola tive 70 them in the prncafI